Coronation Street actress Kym Marsh has said photographers' attempts to take revealing pictures of female stars need to stop, after her co-star Nicola Thorp said she was subjected to sexist behaviour at the British Soap Awards.

Marsh was speaking after Thorp revealed on Wednesday that a photographer attempted to take a picture of her breasts while she was putting on a seat belt in a car after the ceremony.

Marsh said she often experiences similar treatment and backed her colleague's call for an end to the behaviour that Thorp claimed was prevalent at red carpet events.

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She wrote: "While the #MeToo and #TimesUp campaigns are redressing the gender inequality in the world of entertainment and beyond, there remains a dark alley of the web where sexism thrives: the red carpet reports.

"And the effects of the toxic language within them are damaging not only for the individuals in the article, but for the individuals being targeted to read it."

The full interview with Marsh can be read in the latest edition of OK! Magazine and on its website http://www.ok.co.uk